¹⁰ and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.

³ For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

¹² Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

¹⁶ Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

⁵ You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

⁷ For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Confirming one’s calling and election

³ His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

⁴ Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

¹⁸ We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.